Combination muff and scarf.



IVI. LEVY.

COMBINATION IVIUFF AND SCARF.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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M. LEVY. COMBINATION IVIUFF AND SCARF.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1915.

1,173,285. Peteneed Feb. 29,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 l Amm/v MAX LEVY, or NEW Yoan, n. Y.

COMBINATION MUFF AND SCARF.

Application tiled February 24, 1915.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, MAX LEVY, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 'improvements in Combination Muifs and Scarfs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to apparel, and has for one of its objects to provide a combination mud and scarf, or in other words a covering into which the hands are thrust to keep them warm, which can be easily converted into a scarf to be worn about the neck.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the type described which is simple in construction, efcient in operation, and which can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention in its open or flat position; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same in a similar position; Fig. 3 is front elevation of the device converted into a muff; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device converted into a scarf; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the scarf; and Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the scarf in its extended or open position.

The device comprises two oblong, quadrilateral sheets 10 and 11, which are placed side by side along two of their longitudinal edges, denoted in the drawings by the numerals 12 and 13, respectively. These edges will be termed hereinafter the inner longitudinal edges of the sheets.l rlhe sheets are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.. 29, 1916.

serial No. 10,166.

fastened together along a portion of these inner edges, said portion extending from the transverse edges 1a and 15 to a point 16, that is located a substantial distance from the said transverse edges. The sheets may be made of any suitable material, usual in the construction of muffs, and are each covered on their outer faces with fur 17, or similar material. Part only of this fur has been shown in several figures of the drawings, to make the construction of the apparel more clear. A binding 18 is provided upon the outer longitudinal edges of the two sheets, and also upon their transverse edges. Ad jacent to this binding are attached to the inner facc- 19 of the two sheets trimming strips 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the draw ings. Between the fur and the bodies of the sheets 10 and 11 there may be inserted a iilling or stuiiing, (not shown in the drawings), usually employed in the construction of Inuifs. Pockets Q1 are formed upon the inner faces of the sheets, flaps 22 serving to close the same. The flaps are held in their closing positions by fastening devices :23 of any suitable type.

Upon the inner faces of the sheets, and more particularly along their inner longitudinal edges are provided separable fastening devices 2a and Q5, which are adapted to cooperate with their pairs 26 and 27, respectively, that are carried by a band or strip 28, the latter being attached at 2.9 to both sheets. The row of fasteners 2li coacts with the row of fasteners 26, and the row 25 with the row 27. These fasteners may be of any suitable construction, for instance of the head and socket type. On a line near to and parallel with the transverse edges 1st and 15 is disposed on the inner faces of the two sheets a row of fasteners 30, which are adapted to coact with fastener elements 31, that are disposed on a line in parallel relation to and near the transverse edges 32 and 33 of the sheets 10 and 11, respectively. The two sheets are adapted to be folded on a transverse center' line 34. Two fasteners 85, disposed on the inner face of the sheets a substantial distance above the said center line, are adapted to engage two fasteners 36 on the inner faces of the sheets, and located on the other side of the said transverse center line at a distance equal to that at which the fasteners 35 are situated therefrom. To the inner face of the sheet 10 and near to its transverse edge 14 are attached furthermore ltwo fasteners 87, adapted to coperatc with Vleaving hand-openings,

their' pairs 38, the latter being also disposed on the inner face of the said sheet and at a substantial distance from its edge la.

Qn the outer face of the apparel there are disposed in a line parallel to and at a substantial distance from the transverse edges la and l5 two sets of cooperating fasteners, one set, denoted by the numeral 39, being attached to the sheet l0, and the other set, indicated at i0, to the sheet 1l. Near Vthe outer end of the edge il is secured to the outer face of the sheet l() a fastener 4l to cooperate with the fastener i2, which is disposed near the outer end of the transverse edge l5.

The operation of this device is as follows: If it is intended to form muif of the device, the fasteners upon the strip 2S are engaged with the two sets of fasteners 2li and 25 along the inner edges of the two sheets. The single sheet so formed is then folded along its transverse center line, and the set of fasteners engaged with the set 31 coperating therewith. rllhe fasteners 35 are then engaged with the fasteners 36, whereby the muff is ready for wear. rfhe fasteners 35 and 35 serve to form hand-openings 43, as clearly shown in Fig. i of the drawings.V

W hen it is intended to form a scarf, only one of fasteners on the strip 2S is engaged vvith the corresponding set along the inner longitudinal edge of either one of the sheets l0 or ll. The fasteners 39 are then engaged with the fasteners 40, and the fastener el with the fastener L12, the sheet ll being previously folded onto the sheet 10. The fasteners 37 on the inner face of the sheet l0 are then engaged with the fasteners 38 thereon, to hold those portions of the two sheets, which are located between the transverse edges li and l5 and the line on which the fasteners 39 and Ll() are disposed, folded bach on the inner face of the sheet l0 (F ig. 7). The apparel can then be folded on or near the line in which the fasteners 39 and -tO are situated F ig. 6), thereby forming` a scarf to be worn around the neck.

'Vhat l claim is l hln a combination muilI and scarf, the combination with two oblong sheets placed side by side and permanently joined along portion of their meeting longitudinal edges, of means for separably fastening together the said two sheets along the remainder of said meeting edges, the single sheet so formed being adapted to be folded along its transverse center line, coacting separable fastening means for securing together the edges of the folded sheet, but separable fastening means upon the outer faces of said sheets below said permanently joined portions for attaching said two sheets to each other so that Copies of this patent may be obtained for've cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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their respective longitudinal edges form continuations of each other, Vand Ymeans for keeping' the joined portions of the two sheets upon the inner face of one of said sheets.

2. In a combination muff and scarf, the combination with two'oblong sheetsplaced side by side and permanently joined along a portion of their meeting longitudinal edges, of means for separably fastening together the said two sheets along the remainder of said meeting longitudinal edges, the single ysheet so formed being. adapted to be folded along its transverse center line, Vcoacting means upon said sheets for separably fastoning together said single sheet, when folded, along its meeting transverse edges, coacting fastening means placed equidistantly from said center lineon both sides thereof near the outer longitudinal edges of said two sheets to form when engaged with each other the hand-openings of the muif, fastening means upon the outer faces of said sheets below said `ioined portions adapted to engage with eachother folded onto each other, and fastening means for keeping the joined portions Vofthe two sheets upon the inner face of one of said sheets.

ln a combination muli' and scarf, the combination with two oblong sheets placed side by side and permanently joined along a portion of their meeting longitudinal edges, of fastening means arrangedbelow the remainder of said meeting edges, a strip secured to bothV sheets carrying Vfastening means adapted to cooperate withjsaid first named fastening means, the single sheet so formed being adapted to be folded along its transverse center line, coacting separable fastening means disposedV along both transverse edges of said single sheet, coaeting fastening means placed -eouidistantly from said center line on both sides thereof Vnearrthe outer longitudinal edges of said two sheets to form when engaged with each other the Vhandopenings of the mud, coacting fastening means arrangedin a line parallel to the transverse edges of the sheets upon the outer faces thereof, said line being disposed below the joined portions of said two sheets, whereby said last named fastening means are adapted to engage with each other when said two sheets are folded onto each other, and fastening means for keeping the joined portions of saidtwo sheets upon the inner faceof one of said sheets. Y

Signed at New York, in the county of N ew York, and State of New York, this 10th day of Feb., A. D. 191,. I

MAX LEVY.

iVitnesses:

SIGMUND HERZOG, R. JULIAN SAoHnRs.

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